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BackgroundSince the discovery of giant viruses infecting amoebae in 2003, many dogmas of virology have been revised and the search for these viruses has been intensified. Over the last few years, several new groups of these viruses have been discovered in various types of samples and environments.In this work, we describe the isolation of 68 giant viruses of amoeba obtained from environmental samples from Brazil and Antarctica.MethodsIsolated viruses were identified by hemacolor staining, PCR assays and electron microscopy (scanning and/or transmission).ResultsA total of 64 viruses belonging to the Mimiviridae family were isolated (26 from lineage A, 13 from lineage B, 2 from lineage C and 23 from unidentified lineages) from different types of samples, including marine water from Antarctica, thus being the first mimiviruses isolated in this extreme environment to date. Furthermore, a marseillevirus was isolated from sewage samples along with two pandoraviruses and a cedratvirus (the third to be isolated in the world so far).ConclusionsConsidering the different type of samples, we found a higher number of viral groups in sewage samples. Our results reinforce the importance of prospective studies in different environmental samples, therefore improving our comprehension about the circulation anddiversity of these viruses in nature.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi: 10.1186/s12985-018-0930-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

RESUMO -ABSTRACT -The substratum used in seedling production has a key role in the initial development of the plant. To this effect, the present work aimed to evaluate the production of lettuce seedlings for different combinations of substrata. The experiment was set up following a completely randomized design with four replications. The 20 treatments were arranged in a 4x5 factorial, the first factor consisting of four substrata (PlantHort I, PlantHort II, PlantHort III and the commercial substratum Plantmax ® ) and the second consisting of five levels of burnt rice husks (0, 25, 50 , 75, 100%). The lettuce cultivar used was Elba (Lactuca sativa L.). The seeds were sown in the different substrates contained in polystyrene trays of 128 cells, at a depth of 0.5cm. The increase in the percentage of rice husks in the substrata tested, showed a similar behavior for all traits. The substrata PlantHort I, PlantHort I and PlantHort III, considered as alternatives, provided greater growth relative to the substrate Plantmax ® , irrespective of the proportion of burnt rice husks added.

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